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Plants to Fight Cholesterol
Herbs that heal us well and better than chemicals.
Although I am very careful with my food, I must admit I like many things I should not eat, such as all kinds of cheese, peanut butter, and other pleasures (goodies) are bad for my health, but very good for my palate.
Generally, when I have some ailment, I go to the doctor and am very attentive to the diagnosis they give me, but I have always been very contentious with physicians when they prescribe me medicines, which are obviously chemicals; and once I know what I have, or what is producing some negative alteration in my health, without paying any attention to the medical practitioner, I look for medicinal plants to cure my body.
I give myself some gastronomic treats, I accept that, although I do not abuse them; but I also have a whole herbalist’s shop in my house — several herbs to make myself teas to fight whatever is bothering me at that moment. Herbs are not a panacea, nor do they assure the immortality of the physical body, but it is certainly possible to reach a “mature” age without any disease, at full mental capacity and very active. I am in that group.
Every time I go to a doctor, even if it is the ophthalmologist, they are very surprised I have never taken an analgesic and do not have any treatment or medication on a regular basis. Therefore, I am going to…
